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WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1978
PARKING ALLOWED FOR ONLY TWO DAYS
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NO VEHICLES ARE ALLOWED TO BE PARKED IN A PARKING PLACE FOR MORE THAN TWO DAYS ACCORDING TO THE LAW, THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON, DEREK JONES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
ANSWERING A QUESTION FROM THE REV. THE HON. JOYCE M. BENNETT, MR. JONES SAID WHERE A CASE WAS FOUND THE POLICE NORMALLY NOTIFIED THE REGISTERED OWNER AND ASKED HIM TO REMOVE THE VEHCILE. IF HE FAILED TO DO SO, ANY POLICE OFFICER OF THE RANK OF SERGEANT OR ABOVE MAY AUTHORISE THE REMOVAL OF THE VEHICLE.
POST OFFICE FOR OI MAN ESTATE
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THE GOVERNMENT DOES CONSIDER IT DESIRABLE TO ESTABLISH POST OFFICES IN LARGE COMMUNITIES AS A PUBLIC SERVICE, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON. DAVID T.K. WONG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
HE WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION FROM THE HON. OSWALD CHEUNG, WHO HAS ASKED: +DOES GOVERNMENT CONSIDER IT DESIRABLE TO ESTABLISH POST OFFICES IN LARGE COMMUNITIES LIKE OI MAN ESTATE, BOTH AS AN ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICE AND AS ENCOURAGEMENT TO USE SUCH SERVICE THUS CONTRIBUTING TO ITS PROFITABILITY?+
+SO FAR AS OI MAN ESTATE IS CONCERNED, + MR. WONG REPLIED, +THE POSTMASTER GENERAL HAS IN FACT RECENTLY COMPLETED A SURVEY OF THE AREA AND HE HAS COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT A POST OFFICE IS NEEDED AT OI MAN ESTATE.+
+HE IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING A FORMAL PROPOSAL TO THIS EFFECT.+
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